Prince Ferdinand of the Holy Roman Empire

Prince Ferdinand of the Holy Roman Empire (c. 1485-) was the nephew of Emperor Maximilian I of Germany.

Biography
Ferdinand was the nephew of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and he was named the godfather of Rodrigo Borgia and Giulia Farnese's daughter Laura in 1495. Ferdinand was a spoiled child who cried often, and he was yelled at by Francesc Gacet for failing to introduce himself to the Pope correctly. At Laura's baptism, he cried the entire time, and Giulia Farnese threatened him with castration unless he did his part in the baptism. In 1498, he was again sent to Rome, where he rudely told the Pope that he demanded Lucrezia Borgia's hand in marriage. The Pope sent him out of the court for his rudeness, and he ignored the advice of the College of Cardinals to marry his daughter to Ferdinand, as he knew that the Holy Roman Empire made for unreliable allies.